«Unitas» in Latin Antiquity: Four Centuries of Continuity

By Erik Thaddeus Walters

Following a survey of 20th century scholarship's various interpretations of unitas as employed by the mid-3rd century CE's Cyprian of Carthage, this volume introduces an innovative hermeneutic that utilizes a contextual analysis of all 233 instances of the term meaning oneness/unity in extant Latin literature's Pagan and ante-Nicene Christian authors from the 1st century BCE through the early 4th century CE. A synthesis subsequently is rendered possible, and continuity in the term's meaning without change, confusion, or contradiction remains a hallmark.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631614934
• ISBN13: 9783631614938
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 220 Pages